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A former youth pastor who was arrested by FBI agents late last year in Ocala has pleaded guilty to the production and distribution of child pornography.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a candidate for the GOP nomination for president, will make a campaign appearance in The Villages on Sunday.

Marijuana, pills and a large amount of cash were seized by members of the Marion County Sheriff's Office Tactical Investigations Unit on Thursday.

By this time next year, Fort King should be mostly resurrected — again.

Attorneys for William Kopsho, one of eight current death row inmates sentenced by Marion County judges, argued his case in front of the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday. The oral arguments continued an appeal process that has stretched for more than a decade.

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Two men accused of separately having sex with a 14-year-old girl have been arrested by Ocala police.

Putnam County Sheriff’s Office detectives have assumed the investigation into the case of an Ocala man's body being found last Friday in a shallow grave in the Ocala National Forest.

The Marion County Lead Slingers, the area's only 4-H shooting sports team, are targeting this weekend's 4-H state shotgun competition.

The mother, who gave birth at Vacation Host Inn, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for probation violation in a drug case out of Citrus County.